Bug #45859 [Com]: Missing libmysql.dll

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45859&edit=1 ID: 45859 Comment by: xandend at yahoo dot com Reported by: dagdamor at simps dot ru Summary: Missing libmysql.dll Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: MySQL related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.3.0alpha1 Assigned To: mysql New Comment: this link states it all concisely: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html It seems to be the best and only coherent answer to the problem. Had the same problem with PHP 5.3.2 After wasting Days, ended up going with 5.2.13 Now have everything working! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-06 08:01:16] pajoye@php.net About the last comment, it is unrelated to this bug. Also I cannot find "libmysql" references in INSTALL (install.txt), in 5.3+. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-06 05:44:05] clockwerx@php.net Specifically, it still says: PHP 5+ (snip) Also, PHP needs access to the MySQL client library. A file named libmysql.dll is included in the Windows PHP distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs to be available to the Windows systems PATH. (/snip). The windows builds install.txt also document this, but are out dated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-06 05:42:43] clockwerx@php.net This is currently not documented in http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysql.installation.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-19 09:03:00] johannes@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php libmysql.dll isn't needed anymore with 5.3 as mysqlnd was introduced as client library. "mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using old authentication" tells you what the error is, please don't use the --old-passwords MySQL option! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-19 08:14:14] dagdamor at simps dot ru Description: ------------ There is no libmysql.dll in the php-5.3.0alpha2-dev-win32.zip archive. I tried to use one from php-5.2.6-win32.zip (the last stable release), but apparently it doesn't work. P.S. If there is a more suitable place where I can post feedback about testing PHP 5.3 on Windows, please tell :) Reproduce code: --------------- <?php mysql_connect("localhost","root","12345") or die(mysql_error()); ?> Expected result: ---------------- No errors Actual result: -------------- Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: OK packet 6 bytes shorter than expected. PID=-387523 in W:\www\test53.php on line 3 Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using old authentication in W:\www\test53.php on line 3 Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: in W:\www\test53.php on line 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45859&edit=1